Is it possible - just maybe- that he was thinking more about the people of his own state who had just gotten slammed by a hurricane, and less about Obama and the election? In other words - exactly what he said?
Not sticking up for the guy, nor am I here to argue or defend him; but trying merely to see from another perspective. I can’t figure out why he would fraternize with the enemy at that specific moment in time.
Other posters out here said variously that he may have been pissed that Romney chose Ryan over him as VP (but that doesn’t make sense, because he emphatically said that he didn’t want the VP slot - he was finishing out his governor term);
The other line I read was that he was trying to ensure that he would be re-elected in Jersey - a heavy Dem state - so he may have been doing this to hedge that bet a bit.
Thoughts?
I’m not saying that it was the right thing to do, and I’m pretty pissed about it as you are, as well.
No, that’s not possible. He gave Obama a tongue-bath. It was disgusting. He betrayed his party and his country.
You hit the nail on the head and even Haley Barbour concurs. AGree or disagree with what Christie did and said, he wants to make sure the government is helping his state. Haley was criticized by the media for NOT criticizing Bush during Katrina. The role of a governor is to look out for his state and people and to make sure he plays nice with uncle Sam as he has deep pockets. At this point, it makes all the sense in the world for Christie to bend over backwards to be nice to Obama, who is the President. Romney, the two time loser, can’t help Christie. Some of you are angry and that’s understandable but you are politically clueless.
I think Christie had four motivations:
1) to plump himself for reelection,
2) to create an opening for a 2016 presidential run,
3) to keep Obama from patching things up with Christie’s reelection rival, Corey Booker, and
4) to get even with Romney for having snubbed him for VP.
His very simple reason for waiting for what was the last minute as far as his opportunity to strike at Romney is that Romney’s campaign was giving him the funding and excuse to campaign around the country, ostensibly for Romney but really for himself, until the storm Sandy sucked up the last week before the election.
Exactly. A democrat would never have done any such thing. They have better political instincts. Christie would make a great dem because he too has solid political instincts. This was a calculated move on his part and it was absolutely done with the intention of achieving the result we saw Tuesday night. This is also why he did nothing but talk about himself at the convention when he was the freaking keynote speaker. He's as transparent as Xerox without the toner.
Even the far left statist, Bloomberg, told Obama to stay the hell out of the city. The useless fat sack of sh!t from NJ could have easily done the same thing, and kept Obama out of the news for five straight days. More than 40% of the voters said that the storm, and Obama's response, impacted their vote. Another high percentage of voters made their decision at the last minute and fat boys groveling at Obama's feet swayed them. Christie's actions absolutely had a significant impact on this election. I don't know the fat sack of sh!t's true motivations, I only know the results. So I don't friggin care. All I know is he made a huge mistake and should become a democrat is he every wants to hold office again. Eff Christie.
Christie needed to learn a lesson from Giuliani post 9-11. Yes he graciously accepted assistance from President Bush but he took charge and didnt trail Bush around like a whining puppy. Christie knew how the media would spin his lavish praise of Obama and he kept feeding the beast new material. He couldn’t snub the President but he didn’t have to make him hi BFF.